John Stearns and Joel Youngblood accounted for three RBIs apiece as the Mets gained an 8-3 victory and sent the bedraggled Cardinals down to their seventh straight defeat. Stearns walked with the bases loaded in the first inning and knocked in two tallies with a double in the ninth. Youngblood hit a sacrifice fly and two singles. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Game Played on Friday, August 4, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Mets 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 - 8 11 1 Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 12 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Brock lf 5 2 3 0 0 0 .211 Foli ss 4 2 1 0 1 1 .259 Templeton ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .275 Mazzilli cf 5 2 2 0 0 2 .266 Hendrick cf 4 0 3 2 0 1 .265 Montanez 1b 3 2 2 0 2 0 .267 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Stearns c 2 1 1 3 3 0 .271 Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .257 Youngblood lf 3 1 3 3 1 0 .278 Mumphrey rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .232 Maddox rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .260 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Flynn 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .248 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Swan p 3 0 0 0 1 2 .156 Phillips ph,2b 2 0 1 1 0 1 .230 Boisclair ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .203 Valentine ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Scott ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Garrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .189 Totals 35 8 11 7 10 8 Totals 37 3 12 3 1 5 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 15,153 Left on Base: Mets 11, Cardinals 8 DP: Mets 1, Cardinals 1 Errors: Randle, Reitz Doubles: Mazzilli 2 (20), Foli (17), Stearns (16), Hendrick (20), Mumphrey (9) Stolen Bases: Montanez (6), Templeton (19), Brock (15) Sacrifice Flies: Youngblood (2) GIDP: Stearns (9), Simmons (11) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan W(4-5) 8 9 2 2 1 4 0 32 2.44 Lockwood 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 3.58 Totals 9 12 3 3 1 5 0 38 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch L(9-12) 7 7 4 4 7 4 0 33 3.23 Littell 1.2 4 4 4 2 4 0 11 2.61 Schultz 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3.82 Totals 9 11 8 8 10 8 0 46 Passed Balls: Simmons (6) Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming METS 1ST: Randle grounded out (first unassisted); Foli walked; Mazzilli doubled to right [Foli to third]; Montanez was walked intentionally; Stearns walked [Foli scored, Mazzilli to third, Montanez to second]; Youngblood popped out on a sacrifice fly to shortstop [Mazzilli scored, Montanez to third]; Maddox flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock lined to center; Templeton singled to left; Templeton stole second; Hendrick struck out; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0. METS 2ND: Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Swan grounded out (pitcher to first); Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez popped to third in foul territory; Mumphrey grounded out (first unassisted); Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0. METS 3RD: Foli doubled to left; Mazzilli popped to shortstop in foul territory; Montanez grounded out (first unassisted) [Foli to third]; Stearns walked; Youngblood singled to left [Foli scored, Stearns to second]; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson flied out to left; Forsch struck out; Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Templeton walked; Hendrick doubled to left [Brock scored, Templeton out at home (left to third to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 1. METS 4TH: Flynn grounded out (second to first); Swan walked; Randle singled to center [Swan to second]; Foli flied out to right [Swan to third]; Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to right; Hernandez singled to center [Simmons to second]; Mumphrey struck out; Reitz popped to second; Tyson forced Simmons (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 1. METS 5TH: Montanez singled to center; Stearns grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Montanez out at second]; Youngblood walked; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Forsch grounded out (second to first); Brock flied out to left; Templeton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 1. METS 6TH: Flynn flied out to right; Swan struck out; Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Hendrick singled to shortstop; Simmons grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Hendrick out at second]; Hernandez singled to left; Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 1. METS 7TH: Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli struck out; Montanez singled to right; Montanez stole second; Stearns walked; Youngblood singled to left [Montanez scored, Stearns out at third (left to third to first to third to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); PHILLIPS BATTED FOR TYSON; Phillips struck out; SCOTT BATTED FOR FORSCH; Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. METS 8TH: LITTELL REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Maddox was called out on strikes; Flynn struck out; Swan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: On a bunt Brock singled to third [Brock to second (error by Randle)]; Templeton flied out to left; Hendrick singled to right [Brock scored]; Simmons flied out to center; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 2. METS 9TH: Randle popped to third in foul territory; Foli struck out; Mazzilli doubled to right; Montanez was walked intentionally; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Mazzilli to third, Montanez to second]; Stearns doubled to right [Mazzilli scored, Montanez scored]; Youngblood singled to shortstop [Stearns to third]; Maddox walked [Youngblood to second]; Flynn singled to first [Stearns scored, Youngblood scored (error by Reitz) (no RBI), Maddox to third, Flynn to second]; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR SWAN; SCHULTZ REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); VALENTINE BATTED FOR BOISCLAIR; Valentine walked; Randle forced Valentine (shortstop to second); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 8, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 9TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED VALENTINE (PITCHING); Mumphrey doubled to right; Reitz grounded out (third to first); Phillips singled to right [Mumphrey scored]; GARRETT BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Garrett was called out on strikes; Brock singled to shortstop [Phillips to second]; Templeton flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 8, Cardinals 3.

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